Home

April 3, 2015

Russia offers to build Project 11356 frigates in India’s shipyards

Russia has made the proposal to India that Project 11356 frigates
with improved performance be built in the shipyards of that country.
This was reported in an interview by Vladimir Ereshenko, the head of the
regional department of Rosoboronexport, with RIA Novosti.
He headed the Rosoboronexport delegation in the LIMA’15 arms exhibition held in late March in Langkawi (Malaysia).
“We presented an offer to the Indian side regarding the construction
in local shipyards of additional Project 11356 frigates with improved
tactical and technical properties,” said Ereshenko.
According to him, these offers are currently being considered by the
customer. “Technical negotiations will be held on this theme in the near
future,” said the department head.
He emphasized that Project 11356 frigates have worked well for the
Indian Navy: “There is a need for ships of this class. That is why
building another series in India would be a completely logical step.”
Russia has supplied India with six Project 11356 ships between 2003
and 2013. These were built at the “Baltic” factory in Saint Petersburg
and the Kaliningrad “Amber” factory. The first three ships have the
Russian Club-N cruise missile complex on board while the next three
frigates are armed with BrahMos cruise missiles of Russian-Indian
manufacture.